LA Times op-ed piece by two Rand Corporation analysts on why the NMD (national missile defense) program could make China a bona fide nuclear threat.

The only thing that stands between China and a large strategic nuclear arsenal is
motivation. And that could be deeply affected by the decisions that the United
States makes about national missile defense and perhaps even theater missile
defense in Asia.
Ultimately, the United States may decide that, on balance, its security would be
better off with a national missile defense, even if China expands its nuclear forces
significantly. But China’s possible response and all of its implications must become
part of the debate.

As the Spike Report pointed out, this piece carries one of the more idiosyncratic headlines seen on an op-ed page in a long time.